Junk Journaling & Memory Keeping

Junk journaling is memory keeping without rules: tickets, packaging, old book pages and paper scraps layered into a notebook you make yourself. This collection brings together the printed ephemera, washi tape, scrapbook paper and bookbinding tools that journalers reach for most.

What a junk journal needs

• Paper and ephemera: double-sided scrapbook paper, vintage-style sheet music, maps and botanical prints for backgrounds and tip-ins.
• Washi tape and stickers: the fastest way to attach layers and add colour; sticker books give hundreds of pieces for the price of two sheets.
• Binding: an awl, waxed thread and a bone folder let you sew signatures into a cover. Book cloth and PVA are here for hard covers.

Pair it with sketchbooks if you prefer a ready-bound base, or see paper weights explained to pick card that will take glue without curling.